Austin. Jinny! Jinny! How can you have such a thought?
Jinny. Well, why didn't you tell me when you thought you saw her a little while ago?
Austin. Oh—
Jinny. Oh, it's very easy to say "Oh!" [Imitating him.] but why didn't you?
Austin. I told you I didn't think who it was; I only thought something familiar flashed across my eyes. Jinny darling, this is sheer madness on your part, letting yourself go like this. It has no reason, it has no excuse! Ask your own heart, and your own mind, if in speaking to me as you have, you haven't done me at least an injustice and my love for you a little wrong.
Jinny. Well, I'm sure she's in love with you, anyway.
Austin. No, she isn't! And it's disgraceful of you to say so! I know she isn't—
Jinny. How do you know she isn't?
Austin. There's no question of it. I'm sure of it! You mustn't think, dear, that because you love me, everybody does—you idealize me!
[Smiling apologetically.